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Consumer Price Index Numbers on Base 2012=100 for Rural, Urban and Combined for the Month of May 2019

12-6-2019
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The National Statistical Office (NSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has revised the Base Year of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) from 2010=100 to 2012=100 with effect from the release of indices for the month of January 2015.

2.  In this press note, the CPI (Rural, Urban, Combined) on Base 2012=100 is being released for the month of May 2019. In addition to this, Consumer Food Price Index (CFPI) for all India Rural, Urban and Combined are also being released for May 2019. All India Inflation rates (on point to point basis i.e. current month over same month of last year, i.e., May 2019 over May 2018), based on General Indices and CFPIs are given as follows:

All India Inflation rates (%) based on CPI (General) and CFPI

Indices

May 2019 (Prov.)

April 2019 (Final)

May 2018 (Final)

Rural

Urban

Combd.

Rural

Urban

Combd.

Rural

Urban

Combd.

CPI (General)

1.86

4.51

3.05

1.87

4.30

2.99

4.88

4.72

4.87

CFPI

-0.22

5.87

1.83

-0.80

4.64

1.10

3.77

1.66

3.10

  Notes: Prov.  – Provisional, Combd. - Combined

3.         Monthly changes in the General Indices and CFPIs are given below:

Monthly changes (%) in All India CPI (General) and CFPI: May 2019 over Apr. 2019

Indices

Rural

Urban

Combined

Index Value

% Change

Index Value

% Change

Index Value

% Change

May19

Apr.19

May19

Apr.19

May19

Apr.19

CPI (General)

142.4

141.7

0.49

141.5

140.6

0.64

142.0

141.2

0.57

CFPI

137.2

135.9

0.96

142.4

139.9

1.79

139.0

137.3

1.24

  Note: Figures of May 2019 are provisional.

4.  Provisional indices for the month of May 2019 and also the final indices for April 2019 are being released with this note for all-India and for State/UTs. All-India provisional General (all-groups), Group and Sub-group level CPI and CFPI numbers for May 2019 for Rural, Urban and Combined are given in Annexure I. The inflation rates of important categories of items are given in Annexure II. State/UT wise provisional General CPI numbers for Rural, Urban and Combined are given in Annexure III. Inflation rates of major States, having population more than 50 lakhs as per population Census 2011, are given in Annexure IV. State/UT–wise Group CPIs are available on the Ministry’s website (www.mospi.gov.in).  

5.    Price data are collected from selected towns and selected villages by the Field Operations Division of NSO, MoSPI. Price data are received through web portals, maintained by the National Informatics Centre.

Next date of release:  12th July 2019 (Friday) for June 2019.                    

 

Annexure I

All India Consumer Price Indices

(Base: 2012=100)

Group Code

Sub-group Code

Description

Rural

Urban

Combined

Weights

Apr. 19 Index
(Final)

May 19 Index
(Prov.)

Weights

Apr. 19 Index
(Final)

May 19 Index
(Prov.)

Weights

Apr. 19 Index
(Final)

May 19 Index
(Prov.)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

(12)

 

1.1.01

Cereals and products

12.35

137.1

137.4

6.59

140.0

140.4

9.67

138.0

138.3

 

1.1.02

Meat and fish

4.38

156.2

159.5

2.73

153.7

156.7

3.61

155.3

158.5

 

1.1.03

Egg

0.49

134.7

134.6

0.36

139.4

138.3

0.43

136.5

136.0

 

1.1.04

Milk and products

7.72

142.4

142.7

5.33

141.9

142.4

6.61

142.2

142.6

 

1.1.05

Oils and fats

4.21

124.0

124.1

2.81

118.4

118.6

3.56

121.9

122.1

 

1.1.06

Fruits

2.88

143.8

143.8

2.90

148.6

149.7

2.89

146.0

146.6

 

1.1.07

Vegetables

7.46

129.3

133.4

4.41

150.2

161.6

6.04

136.4

143.0

 

1.1.08

Pulses and products

2.95

122.9

125.1

1.73

121.7

124.4

2.38

122.5

124.9

 

1.1.09

Sugar and Confectionery

1.70

108.4

109.3

0.97

110.4

111.2

1.36

109.1

109.9

 

1.1.10

Spices

3.11

138.7

139.2

1.79

140.4

141.0

2.50

139.3

139.8

 

1.2.11

Non-alcoholic beverages

1.37

137.5

137.7

1.13

128.7

128.9

1.26

133.8

134.0

 

1.1.12

Prepared meals, snacks, sweets etc.

5.56

156.3

156.4

5.54

154.2

154.5

5.55

155.3

155.5

1

 

Food and beverages

54.18

138.0

139.2

36.29

141.7

143.8

45.86

139.4

140.9

2

 

Pan, tobacco and intoxicants

3.26

162.9

163.3

1.36

165.7

166.2

2.38

163.6

164.1

 

3.1.01

Clothing

6.32

150.8

151.3

4.72

143.9

144.1

5.58

148.1

148.5

 

3.1.02

Footwear

1.04

146.3

146.6

0.85

131.3

131.7

0.95

140.1

140.4

3

 

Clothing and footwear

7.36

150.1

150.7

5.57

142.0

142.2

6.53

146.9

147.3

4

 

Housing

-

-

-

21.67

149.7

150.1

10.07

149.7

150.1

5

 

Fuel and light

7.94

146.6

146.9

5.58

129.1

129.4

6.84

140.0

140.3

 

6.1.01

Household goods and services

3.75

149.4

149.5

3.87

136.9

137.2

3.80

143.5

143.7

 

6.1.02

Health

6.83

150.9

151.3

4.81

139.5

139.8

5.89

146.6

146.9

 

6.1.03

Transport and communication

7.60

130.2

130.2

9.73

120.2

120.1

8.59

124.9

124.9

 

6.1.04

Recreation and amusement

1.37

144.9

145.9

2.04

133.8

134.0

1.68

138.6

139.2

 

6.1.05

Education

3.46

156.3

156.7

5.62

147.7

148.0

4.46

151.3

151.6

 

6.1.06

Personal care and effects

4.25

133.7

133.9

3.47

132.4

132.6

3.89

133.2

133.4

6

 

Miscellaneous

27.26

142.6

142.9

29.53

133.1

133.3

28.32

138.0

138.2

General Index (All Groups)

100.00

141.7

142.4

100.00

140.6

141.5

100.00

141.2

142.0

Consumer Food Price Index

47.25

135.9

137.2

29.62

139.9

142.4

39.06

137.3

139.0

Notes:

  1. Prov.   : Provisional.
  2.  -          : CPI (Rural) for housing is not compiled.
  3. The weights are indicative to show relative importance of groups and sub-groups. However, all India indices have been compiled as weighted average of State indices.

 

Annexure II

All India annual inflation rates (%) for May 2019 (Provisional)

(Base: 2012=100)

Group Code

Sub-group Code

Description

Rural

Urban

Combined

May 18 Index
(Final)

May 19

Index
(Prov.)

Inflation Rate
(%)

May 18 Index
(Final)

May 19

Index
(Prov.)

Inflation Rate
(%)

May 18 Index
(Final)

May 19

Index
(Prov.)

Inflation Rate
(%)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

(12)

 

1.1.01

Cereals and products

137.4

137.4

0.00

135.0

140.4

4.00

136.6

138.3

1.24

 

1.1.02

Meat and fish

145.7

159.5

9.47

148.2

156.7

5.74

146.6

158.5

8.12

 

1.1.03

Egg

135.5

134.6

-0.66

130.5

138.3

5.98

133.6

136.0

1.80

 

1.1.04

Milk and products

142.9

142.7

-0.14

140.7

142.4

1.21

142.1

142.6

0.35

 

1.1.05

Oils and fats

123.6

124.1

0.40

116.4

118.6

1.89

121.0

122.1

0.91

 

1.1.06

Fruits

157.5

143.8

-8.70

151.3

149.7

-1.06

154.6

146.6

-5.17

 

1.1.07

Vegetables

137.8

133.4

-3.19

131.4

161.6

22.98

135.6

143.0

5.46

 

1.1.08

Pulses and products

127.2

125.1

-1.65

112.8

124.4

10.28

122.3

124.9

2.13

 

1.1.09

Sugar and Confectionery

111.8

109.3

-2.24

105.3

111.2

5.60

109.6

109.9

0.27

 

1.1.10

Spices

137.4

139.2

1.31

139.6

141.0

1.00

138.1

139.8

1.23

 

1.2.11

Non-alcoholic beverages

132.2

137.7

4.16

126.6

128.9

1.82

129.9

134.0

3.16

 

1.1.12

Prepared meals, snacks, sweets etc.

154.3

156.4

1.36

148.7

154.5

3.90

151.7

155.5

2.50

1

 

Food and beverages

139.1

139.2

0.07

136.4

143.8

5.43

138.1

140.9

2.03

2

 

Pan, tobacco and intoxicants

157.0

163.3

4.01

160.3

166.2

3.68

157.9

164.1

3.93

 

3.1.01

Clothing

150.8

151.3

0.33

138.6

144.1

3.97

146.0

148.5

1.71

 

3.1.02

Footwear

144.1

146.6

1.73

127.9

131.7

2.97

137.4

140.4

2.18

3

 

Clothing and footwear

149.8

150.7

0.60

137.0

142.2

3.80

144.7

147.3

1.80

4

 

Housing

-

-

-

143.2

150.1

4.82

143.2

150.1

4.82

5

 

Fuel and light

144.3

146.9

1.80

124.7

129.4

3.77

136.9

140.3

2.48

 

6.1.01

Household goods and services

141.8

149.5

5.43

132.5

137.2

3.55

137.4

143.7

4.59

 

6.1.02

Health

138.4

151.3

9.32

132.0

139.8

5.91

136.0

146.9

8.01

 

6.1.03

Transport and communication

126.4

130.2

3.01

119.8

120.1

0.25

122.9

124.9

1.63

 

6.1.04

Recreation and amusement

136.8

145.9

6.65

128.0

134.0

4.69

131.8

139.2

5.61

 

6.1.05

Education

144.4

156.7

8.52

140.4

148.0

5.41

142.1

151.6

6.69

 

6.1.06

Personal care and effects

131.2

133.9

2.06

128.1

132.6

3.51

129.9

133.4

2.69

6

 

Miscellaneous

135.1

142.9

5.77

128.9

133.3

3.41

132.1

138.2

4.62

General Index (All Groups)

139.8

142.4

1.86

135.4

141.5

4.51

137.8

142.0

3.05

Consumer Food Price Index

137.5

137.2

-0.22

134.5

142.4

5.87

136.5

139.0

1.83

 

Notes:

  1. Prov.   : Provisional.
  2. -           : CPI (Rural) for housing is not compiled.                                                        

 

Annexure III

State/UT wise General Consumer Price Indices

(Base: 2012=100)

State/UT Code

Name of the State/UT

Rural

Urban

Combined

Weights

Apr. 19 Index
(Final)

May 19 Index
(Prov.)

Weights

Apr. 19 Index
(Final)

May 19 Index
(Prov.)

Weights

Apr. 19 Index
(Final)

May 19 Index
(Prov.)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

01

Jammu & Kashmir

1.14

150.3

151.9

0.72

145.8

147.6

0.94

148.7

150.4

02

Himachal Pradesh

1.03

137.3

138.7

0.26

139.1

140.2

0.67

137.6

139.0

03

Punjab

3.31

141.1

141.5

3.09

134.5

135.3

3.21

138.1

138.7

04

Chandigarh

0.02

141.4

142.1

0.34

138.1

138.7

0.17

138.3

138.9

05

Uttarakhand

1.06

136.5

137.7

0.73

135.4

137.8

0.91

136.1

137.7

06

Haryana

3.30

135.7

136.6

3.35

136.8

137.4

3.32

136.2

137.0

07

Delhi

0.28

145.6

145.9

5.64

142.4

142.8

2.77

142.6

143.0

08

Rajasthan

6.63

142.1

142.4

4.23

141.5

142.4

5.51

141.9

142.4

09

Uttar Pradesh

14.83

138.5

139.2

9.54

140.9

141.5

12.37

139.4

140.0

10

Bihar

8.21

139.8

139.9

1.62

138.4

139.3

5.14

139.6

139.8

11

Sikkim

0.06

148.2

148.3

0.03

146.9

147.3

0.05

147.8

148.0

12

Arunachal Pradesh

0.14

156.5

157.3

0.06

--

--

0.10

--

--

13

Nagaland

0.14

160.4

161.2

0.12

141.5

141.8

0.13

152.4

153.0

14

Manipur

0.23

172.6

173.5

0.12

144.4

145.9

0.18

163.7

164.8

15

Mizoram

0.07

139.9

140.0

0.13

132.0

133.1

0.10

135.1

135.8

16

Tripura

0.35

152.5

153.0

0.14

145.2

145.8

0.25

150.6

151.1

17

Meghalaya

0.28

136.9

138.1

0.15

134.3

135.7

0.22

136.1

137.4

18

Assam

2.63

143.9

145.0

0.79

140.0

141.4

1.77

143.1

144.3

19

West Bengal

6.99

143.6

143.9

7.20

141.8

142.6

7.09

142.8

143.3

20

Jharkhand

1.96

143.2

143.4

1.39

141.7

142.3

1.69

142.6

143.0

21

Odisha

2.93

141.6

143.6

1.31

138.1

140.2

2.18

140.6

142.6

22

Chhattisgarh

1.68

138.6

140.1

1.22

140.3

141.7

1.46

139.3

140.7

23

Madhya Pradesh

4.93

136.3

136.9

3.97

141.6

143.1

4.48

138.5

139.5

24

Gujarat

4.54

139.0

139.2

6.82

135.0

136.0

5.60

136.7

137.4

25

Daman & Diu

0.02

144.1

144.5

0.02

141.4

140.8

0.02

143.0

143.0

26

Dadra & Nagar Haveli

0.02

139.1

139.7

0.04

134.8

136.1

0.03

136.2

137.3

27

Maharashtra

8.25

142.4

143.1

18.86

136.4

136.8

13.18

138.4

138.9

28

Andhra Pradesh

5.40

140.9

141.5

3.64

141.3

143.2

4.58

141.0

142.1

29

Karnataka

5.09

145.8

146.9

6.81

148.7

149.5

5.89

147.4

148.3

30

Goa

0.14

148.4

148.7

0.25

136.0

136.0

0.19

140.8

140.9

31

Lakshadweep

0.01

141.6

141.7

0.01

135.9

141.3

0.01

138.7

141.5

32

Kerala

5.50

150.8

152.3

3.46

147.9

149.1

4.55

149.8

151.2

33

Tamil Nadu

5.55

145.4

146.8

9.20

144.6

146.1

7.25

144.9

146.4

34

Puducherry

0.08

142.1

144.1

0.27

144.7

145.8

0.17

144.0

145.4

35

Andaman & Nicobar Islands

0.05

158.0

157.8

0.07

139.8

140.5

0.06

148.7

149.0

36

Telangana

3.16

138.8

140.2

4.41

141.5

142.9

3.74

140.3

141.7

99

All India

100.00

141.7

142.4

100.00

140.6

141.5

100.00

141.2

142.0

Notes: 

1.  Prov.   :  Provisional.

2.  --          :  indicates the receipt of price schedules is less than 80% of allocated schedules and therefore indices are not compiled.

 

Annexure IV

 Major State/UT wise annual inflation rates (%) for May 2019 (Provisional)

(Base: 2012=100)

State/UT Code

Name of the State/UT

Rural

Urban

Combined

May 18 Index
(Final)

May 19

Index
(Prov.)

Inflation Rate
(%)

May 18 Index
(Final)

May 19

Index
(Prov.)

Inflation Rate
(%)

May 18 Index
(Final)

May 19

Index
(Prov.)

Inflation Rate
(%)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

01

Jammu & Kashmir

147.6

151.9

2.91

136.1

147.6

8.45

143.5

150.4

4.81

02

Himachal Pradesh

139.2

138.7

-0.36

133.9

140.2

4.71

138.2

139.0

0.58

03

Punjab

136.5

141.5

3.66

130.9

135.3

3.36

134.0

138.7

3.51

05

Uttarakhand

132.1

137.7

4.24

131.1

137.8

5.11

131.7

137.7

4.56

06

Haryana

135.5

136.6

0.81

133.4

137.4

3.00

134.5

137.0

1.86

07

Delhi

131.0

145.9

11.37

137.3

142.8

4.01

137.0

143.0

4.38

08

Rajasthan

138.0

142.4

3.19

136.6

142.4

4.25

137.5

142.4

3.56

09

Uttar Pradesh

134.3

139.2

3.65

136.4

141.5

3.74

135.1

140.0

3.63*

10

Bihar

140.4

139.9

-0.36

134.3

139.3

3.72

139.5

139.8

0.22

18

Assam

138.6

145.0

4.62

132.8

141.4

6.48

137.4

144.3

5.02

19

West Bengal

142.6

143.9

0.91

137.5

142.6

3.71

140.2

143.3

2.21

20

Jharkhand

143.5

143.4

-0.07

132.7

142.3

7.23

139.4

143.0

2.58

21

Odisha

142.7

143.6

0.63

132.5

140.2

5.81

139.8

142.6

2.00

22

Chhattisgarh

140.4

140.1

-0.21

135.4

141.7

4.65

138.5

140.7

1.59

23

Madhya Pradesh

133.2

136.9

2.78

134.9

143.1

6.08

133.9

139.5

4.18

24

Gujarat

140.7

139.2

-1.07

129.3

136.0

5.18

134.2

137.4

2.38

27

Maharashtra

142.7

143.1

0.28

131.6

136.8

3.95

135.3

138.9

2.66

28

Andhra Pradesh

143.9

141.5

-1.67

136.3

143.2

5.06

141.1

142.1

0.71

29

Karnataka

140.2

146.9

4.78

141.1

149.5

5.95

140.7

148.3

5.40

32

Kerala

143.9

152.3

5.84

142.7

149.1

4.48

143.5

151.2

5.37

33

Tamil Nadu

142.3

146.8

3.16

139.8

146.1

4.51

140.8

146.4

3.98

36

Telangana

144.1

140.2

-2.71

135.9

142.9

5.15

139.6

141.7

1.50

99

All India

139.8

142.4

1.86

135.4

141.5

4.51

137.8

142.0

3.05

Notes: 

  1. Prov.             :  Provisional.

2.     *                : Less than those of Rural as well as Urban due to rounding

 

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